Article ID | Journal | Published Year | Pages | File Type |
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10755713 | Biochemical and Biophysical Research Communications | 2014 | 5 Pages |
Abstract
Vasonatrin peptide (VNP) is an active cardiovascular factor and a novel synthetic natriuretic peptide with unknown natriuretic peptide receptor (NPR) binding properties. We set out to design binding models of NPRA/VNP and NPRB/VNP, and then assessed their recognition and binding affinities using molecular dynamics. Molecular dynamics analysis indicated decreases in the values of Van der Waals, electrostatic energy and potential energy of NPRB/VNP compared to NPRA/VNP. There was a 25% increase in H-bond formation between VNP and NPRB. The cGMP stimulated by VNP in NPRB-transfected HEK-293 cells was 11-fold higher than that of NPRA. We therefore demonstrated that VNP binds with both NPRA and NPRB, but with a preference for NPRB.
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Authors
Y.S. Jiang, J.Y. Lei, Y. Chen, J. Jin,